PELHAM CARBON WATCHERS – A Project of Transition Town Pelham
WHO??? YOU!!!!
WHAT??? PELHAM CARBON WATCHERS – A COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP WITH A GOAL OF REDUCING PELHAM’S CARBON FOOTPRINT
WHEN??? 3RD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH (FEB 16, MAR 17, APRIL 20, MAY 18)
WHERE??? PELHAM LIBRARY – 7pm
WHY??? TO COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING, SAVE THE PLANET, MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE FUN!!!!!!
ARE YOU A PELHAM RESIDENT (OR A RESIDENT OF PLANET EARTH) WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND DWINDLING ENERGY SUPPLIES? WOULD YOU LIKE TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND YOUR ENERGY BILL WHILE MEETING YOUR NEIGHBORS AND HAVING FUN?
COME JOIN THE PELHAM CARBON WATCHERS!!!!! WE WILL USE DAVID GERSHON’S BOOK “LOW CARBON DIET: A PROGRAM TO LOSE 5,000 POUNDS “ IN OUR QUEST TO LOSE A QUARTER TON OF CARBON IN PELHAM! PARTICIPATING HOUSEHOLDS WILL RECEIVED A FREE BOOK THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE PELHAM CULTURAL COUNCIL.
WE NEED 50 HOUSEHOLDS TO REACH OUR GOAL. BRING A NEIGHBOR!!
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HOW TO JOIN
- 1. Sign up at the library or by contacting Kathi or Abbie (see below).
- 2. Go to the online calculator to calculate your household carbon footprint.
- 3. Pick up your book at the library or first meeting.
- 4. Come to the meetings and start losing!
QUESTIONS?????
KATHI BANGERT (413) 256-1157 kathibangert@gmail.com
ABBIE JENKS (413) 256-6386 gandhi0324@comcast.net |
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Funding for Pelham Carbon Watchers is supported in part by a grant from the Pelham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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We would be happy to have you join us! Just come to our meetings, or contact either
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Regular events: We meet in the Pelham Library at 7pm. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 25.
At the February 16 meeting, We used David Gershon’s book:
Low Carbon Diet: A Program to Lose 5,000 lbs. Copies of the book and/or first few chapters will be available at the Pelham Library by Wednesday, February 10th for pick up. Please calculate your Carbon Footprint before this meeting if you can – Go to
the online calculator to do so.
Then come to the meetings to start losing!
Questions?
Special events:
The Pelham Carbon Watchers/Pelham Transition Town is very happy to announce that Tina Clarke, a trainer for the Transition Towns movement, will be coming to Pelham to give a two hour presentation on what transition means and how we can begin. Those of us who are offering the Pelham Carbon Watchers attended a full training last April (with Tina) and have created a Pelham Transition Towns endeavor. Our CW group is one part of that but we hope to capture the interest, imagination and vision of others! Please come and learn about this movement!
Transition Towns are communities proactively addressing the “Triple Challenge” of long-term rising energy costs, economic instability and climate change. Launched in the U.K., 1,000 communities are now involved in Transition in that nation. The Transition Handbook was among the top ten books read by Members of Parliament in 2008. The Transition Towns model and process helps local citizens and groups work together to build resilience for economic and environmental changes unfolding locally and globally. Tina Clarke is one of the Transition Town trainers in the U.S. She will present the process for engaging the community in creative transition from dependence upon non-renewable energy sources to greater community resilience and quality of life.
Where: Pelham Library Common Room
When: April 6th, 2010 from 7-9 pm (rescheduled, was 3/23)
Please come and bring your neighbor!
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